Photos: Rare snakes cost up to $100,000 at reptile show in Arlington

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Photo: Ian C. Bates/Staff Photographer

Sean Palmer of Tulsa, Oklahoma poses for a portrait with a Crocodile Monitor at the North American Reptile Breeders Conference and Trade Show at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas on February 24, 2013. “People want something that’s pretty and rare,” said Bob Clark of Oklahoma City, who also travels the world selling snakes as valuable as fine jewelry.His newest and best specimen of genetic artwork is a pied reticulated python that he values at $25,000. It’s mostly white with spots of patterned brown and black. It will grow to 25 feet long.

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